Arts & Letters Daily (14 Jan 2011):
Why is Galileo portrayed as a stony rationalist when it was his engagement with the arts - The Divine Comedy in particular - that inspired him?... more
Dismissed as a clownish entertainer, Cab Calloway was in fact a creative genius. Terry Teachout sings the praises of “Minnie the Moocher”... more
Political violence today is undertaken without explanation: No appeal to conscience, law, or the opinion of mankind. Permission to kill anybody is now assumed... more... more